Of course, if cavaliers were being judged on the same breed standard as a
pug, it wouldn't be a good thing. They are not being judged that way. The
judge is not comparing one breed to another. He is supposed to be awarding
the group wins to the dogs who best represent their own breeds. In other
words, he is supposed to know the breed standard for each of the toy dogs,
and award wins to the toy dogs who are the closest to their breed standards.
In the classes, you see the judges awarding the dog who is the best of
the lot. In the group ring, you will see the judges awarding the dogs who
most closely adhere to the stated breed standard. A win because you happen
to be the best that is there in the ring that day is not particularly a good
thing. A win because you represent your breed standard better than the pug
represents his is a good thing in my opinion. It is a higher standard to be
judged by in many ways. Myra
>From: Barb Hoorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Curious
>Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:05:33 EST
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>In a message dated 3/29/02 11:57:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
><< The real "showing" isn't done at a class level. It is done at a group
>level. For too many years, cavaliers were judged in sort of a vacumn
>because
>they were judged only against each other. >>
>
>Oh wow - totally disagree on that one Myra :o) I think when you start
>comparing dogs to other breeds that is when you can get into trouble and
>lose
>sight of the breed. I have shown one dog in AKC and never past its
>championship yet I think my dogs can stack up against some of the best for
>movement. I have been fortunate to have a lot of Crismark behind my dogs
>and
>there is nothing like that "floating" gait whether they are running in my
>backyard or in a specialty ring.
>Barb Hoorman
>Benchmark Cavaliers - TX
>
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